
False consensus effect
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Sep 3, 2026
S05-E30: Ipsos Indigenous Issues 2026 report reveals shift in public focus
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4:56Noni FinlaysonGUEST
Yeah, look, I think almost certainly.
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4:59Noni FinlaysonGUEST
We don't have that exact data, but that false consensus is really persistent and it's getting worse.
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5:05Noni FinlaysonGUEST
So as you said, only 22% of non-Indigenous Australians said that they don't consider treaty as important for reconciliation.
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5:13Noni FinlaysonGUEST
but they felt that 64% of Australians probably agreed with their opinion.
10 MINS LATER
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15:17Noni FinlaysonGUEST
I've been doing this for about five years now.
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15:19Noni FinlaysonGUEST
None of this unfortunately surprised me.
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15:23Noni FinlaysonGUEST
I think some of the things that disappoint me most is that some of this agreement with modern racism has stayed so stable and the fact that we're still getting that huge false consensus.
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15:38Noni FinlaysonGUEST
Again, this is really unsurprising given the way that social media influences people's perception.
Irina Bevza, CFA: The AI Self-Driving Portfolio—Are We There Yet?
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16:06Kevin MaxHOST
Okay.
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16:07Kevin MaxHOST
One of the other failures you talk about is the quote-unquote false consensus trap.
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16:12Kevin MaxHOST
Can you tell me about that?
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16:13Irina BevzaGUEST
False consensus is related to have a lot of similarity.
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16:18Irina BevzaGUEST
And I think it's actually very human as well.
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16:20Irina BevzaGUEST
But the idea behind it is if you have very similar models or prompts, I think now we move down to the prompt engineering is more common where you basically have like a system of agents and they're too agreeable with each other.